Energy Savings Performance Contracting
Benefits of Energy Performance Contracting
No (or low) upfront capital required
Guaranteed energy savings
Zero taxpayer impact
Increased comfort and environmental quality
Reduced operation and maintenance expenditures
Reduced building emissions
Turnkey implementation
Organizations face many facility-related challenges ranging from aging infrastructure to increasing operational costs and rising energy prices. Energy Saving Performance Contracting (ESPC) is an established financing and delivery method authorized by the United States Congress that allows you to pay for infrastructure upgrades using resultant energy, and operation and maintenance savings over time.
With this approach, upgrades of interrelated systems are bundled together into one comprehensive project and paid for with the funds you would have normally spent on utility and maintenance bills. After the initial investment is repaid, you continue to enjoy energy savings beyond the contract.
Common Energy Savings Improvements
Air distribution systems and equipment
Automatic temperature control systems and equipment
Cooling systems and related equipment
Electric motors, transmissions, and drive systems
Exhaust systems and equipment
Heating and heat distribution systems
Hot water systems
Lighting (indoor and outdoor)
Renewable energy systems
Special systems (kitchen/dining equipment, swimming pools, laundry equipment, etc.)
Ventilation systems and equipment
Water-using systems (toilets, sinks, showers, etc.)
How Millig Differs from other ESCOs
When you procure under EPC legislation, you will get responses from two types of ESCOS: Brokers and Vendors.
Brokers can be large, publically traded firms and smaller one- to two-person firms that package and sell energy improvements. No matter the size, one thing brokers have in common is that it’s rare to find one with in-house engineering, construction, and commissioning services. Instead of doing the work themselves, brokers serve as “middlemen” between owners and trades.
Vendors specialize in packaging energy improvements with their HVAC products and long-term service agreements. Again, it’s rare to find in-house engineering, construction, and commissioning services within an HVAC ESCO Vendor organization.
What differentiates Millig Design Build from brokers and vendors is that, while we procure under EPC legislation, we’re more than an ESCO. We’re a full-service, product, and vendor-independent engineering and construction firm that specializes in facility retrofits — everything from energy system upgrades to building health and safety, to core infrastructure needs.
We also deliver projects differently than an ESCO
Our experience has shown that having design, construction, and commissioning in silos leads to over-engineering, rework, change orders, finger-pointing, and delays.
By bringing everything in-house—and working in an integrated design-build manner from concept through completion—we’re able to shorten schedules and more efficiently deliver higher-quality solutions at a guaranteed maximum price—not a penny over budget.
